Engineers of the Twenty-First Century

The modern world is the result of human creativity, of our kind’ ability to imagine, develop, and build. Engineers have been at the vanguard of this system, and now live in a world with more exceptional visionaries than at any other point in history. These individuals have contributed to humanity’s accomplishments and are now shining real world examples, encouraging the ideas of tomorrow. Let’s look at some of the most well-known figures.

Elon Musk
Besides being the co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla (previously Tesla Motors), Elon Musk is also the CEO of Tesla, Inc. Tesla began as an electric vehicle manufacturer with the goal of making the technology more approachable and appealing to the regular populace. He is the brains of SolarCity, Hyperloop (just the core concept, which was later open-sourced), OpenAI, Neuralink, and The Boring Company, among others.

Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa is a former astronaut and engineer from the United States. She earned her Master of Science and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford’s Department of Electrical Engineering after attending San Diego State University. She became the first Hispanic woman in space in 1993, when she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-56, a project to gather information on how the ozone layer was affected. She was the very first Hispanic and second woman director of the Johnson Space Center, which she served from 2013 to 2015. She’s also done a lot of research, a lot of it at NASA. She served as the Vice Chair of the National Science Board from 2018 to 2020.

Jeff Bezos

Bezos is an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist best known as the founder of Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, where he presently serves as chairman and CEO. He was a natural techie from an early age, and he graduated from Princeton with a degree in electrical engineering. Bezos was declared the worlds richest entrepreneur in 2018 as a result of his long-term success. He is also the owner of the Washington Post, an active investor, and the owner of the Blue Origin spaceflight venture.

Sundar Pichai
Sundar is the CEO of Google Inc., and he is an Indian American computer engineer who has been acclaimed a genius for his original ideas. He was the brains behind the Google toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox. This inspired Sundar to create and push Google’s own browser, Chrome, which went on to become the most widely used browser in the world, earning him worldwide fame. Sundar was appointed to Product Chief after serving as vice president of product development, senior vice president of Chrome and applications, and leading the Android team. In 2015, he was eventually made CEO after the corporation underwent a corporate restructure.

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